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The police are to re-open their inquiry into the Kingsmill

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massacre, after a palm print found on a getaway van was linked

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The new evidence comes 40 years after ten Protestant men were shot

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dead by an IRA gang, near the County Armagh village.

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It was a truly dramatic development, which took the families

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by surprise after 40 years of anger and heartbreak.

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A group of family members arrived here at the inquest this morning

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expecting to hear more witness statements about the day their loved

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Instead, they were taken to a private room and told the shock news

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that the palm print they had known about for 40 years had been

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Now the criminal investigation has been reopened, and a senior

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investigating officer has been appointed to restart the search

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The reaction of the families was described in court as emotional,

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stunned silence, but delight at the development.

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There was no explanation about why it had taken so long to find

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First of all it would have to be welcomed, but it is never too late.

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We are going through a mixture of emotions, and I have to be

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After 40 years we are now told there has been a development.

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It heard that the print had been identified last Tuesday.

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and the news was broken to the families today.

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A barrister said they had come to the inquest with no hope

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of justice but with hope that the truth might come out.

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They now say they are delighted at the news the enquiry

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That print had been taken from the suspected getaway

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vehicle 40 years ago, so the sudden confirmation of who it

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belongs to has caused some suspicion among the families.

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Alan Black is the only survivor of the attack.

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It went through a review in the 1980s, and another

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When they have had it all this time, we are just into the inquest,

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starting to get going, they throw this into the mix.

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The truth may come, and I think what is wrong

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The truth may come, and I think what is wrong now, they're

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afraid of the truth coming out, and everybody is beginning to tell

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the truth and go into things, whereas before they just brushed

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The inquest continued in the afternoon with witness

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statements, and will resume on Thursday.

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An inquiry into historical child sex abuse here has begun examining

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allegations relating to the former Kincora Boys' Home in east Belfast.

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It's expected to look at claims a paedophile ring at the home had

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Abused as a young boy at Kincora, this man came to the enquiry today

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Kincora was a home for older teenage boys, and operated in east Belfast

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from 1958 until it closed amid scandal in 1980.

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Kincora was a home for older or teenage boys,

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from 1958 until it closed amid scandal in 1980.

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Three men were jailed in 1981 for abusing boys there.

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At least 29 boys were known to be abused at the home.

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Over the years there have been persistent allegations of a cover-up

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At the enquiry today MI5 and MI6 were legally represented,

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and they are co-operating with the enquiry.

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The enquiry has been provided with full and voluntary cooperation

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by all Her Majesty's Government departments and agencies.

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The scale of the allegations due to be heard at the enquiry over

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the next week was outlined in stark terms.

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You will hear me referred to, and you will read claims, of state

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sponsored child prostitution, paedophile rings, blackmail, and

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cover-ups. Which you will have to examine.

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The allegations have been circulating for four decades. It was

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Saturday if they are true, they must be laid bare, and that if they are

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false, they must be dispelled and laid to rest.

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Details from some of the intelligence files will be made

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public; however, some of files will only be seen by the inquiry team.

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They will then be preserved secret. -- some of the files. -- some of our

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files. -- some other files. Two men have been arrested

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by the National Crime Agency in connection with the controversial

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Nama property deal. The agency said it had also carried

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out searches at addresses in County Down, in connection

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with a fraud investigation. Nama, the Republic's so-called bad

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bank, sold more than one billion pounds worth

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of property assets in 2014. The shooting of a man

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by the army in 1971 was neither necessary or proportionate,

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a coroner has found. Harry Thornton was killed

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after his car backfired outside The father of six was shot dead by a

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member of the Parachute Regiment near to the Springfield Road police

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station. The coroner also find that evidence by a soldier C was

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inaccurate. He said there was no weapon in the van and no forensic

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evidence on the victim to show a gun had been fired.

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He was taken away from me, taken away from his six children. It is

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good to know no that the world can see that he was innocent, and that

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soldier C was telling lies and soldier Abels -- shot him and he

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could have didn't -- done many a thing before he shot him. I'm so

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glad the truth is out at last. And we can't let him rest now.

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Arthur Murphy was sitting beside him when he was shot.

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A week in hospital after... The family's legal term -- team is

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now applying for the anonymity of the soldiers involved in the

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incident to be lifted. That is due to be heard later this

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week. Eight children who came

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to Northern Ireland after fleeing their home countries have

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disappeared while they were in the care of the authorities, a BBC

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Spotlight investigation has found. The programme looks in detail

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at the cases of two of the missing That's here on BBC One

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just after this bulletin. Sailors from Ireland who died

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in the Battle of Jutland 100 years ago were remembered today on board

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HMS Caroline, the only surviving In all 1,500 Irish sailors died

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in the First World War. They were Catholics and Protestants,

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unionists and nationalists from all parts of Ireland,

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and some were as young This was an unprecedented

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all-Ireland commemoration today, as Prince Michael of Kent

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represented us in the Royal Navy, as Prince Michael of Kent

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representatives from the Royal Navy, Irish Naval Service

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and the German Admiral joined more than 200 descendants to remember

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the sacrifice of Irish sailors. They also remembered the 1,000 men

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in the Merchant Navy He left young twins

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and a pregnant wife. His daughter was named

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after the ship he was killed on. He captained an attack

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against the German cruiser. For those who lived with horror

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and mental anguish, we remember you. For those with no family to remember

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them, we remember you. And for those who were

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forgotten, we remember you. The ceremony here earlier

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was particularly poignant for descendants of those

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who were killed. Earlier I spoke to two

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women whose relatives saw the horrors of the Battle

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of Jutland and survived. Very proud of my grandfather,

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and the fact also that HMS Caroline and has been restored

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to its former glory. So generations and generations

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are going to see and hopefully get some insight into what it was like

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to be involved, live on the ship, be involved in the war,

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and the horrors that Memories I have got from older

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people are that he would stand in his doorway, post-war,

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and he would look into I'm sure he was recalling absolute

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atrocities. He would have seen the Queen Mary

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going down, over 1,200 on board, not to mention the noise and how

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appalling that was. He would have also witnessed

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the burials at sea off HMS Tiger. There were 28 buried, and I'm sure

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he must have known them. So I'm sure all those memories must

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have been recurring. The families of sailors

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remembering their role in the Battle Football now, and the Republic have

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been playing their final warm up Football now, and the Republic have

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been playing their final warm-up game before the start

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of the European Championships - The home side looked in control in

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the early stages, but Belarus took the lead. A fine finish... Martin

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O'Neill's men then went close. Before Belarus doubled their

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advantage. This deflected shot going in. Substitute Shane Long made an

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instant impact when he came off the bench, setting up Stephen Ward to

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make it 2-1, but the Republic couldn't find that elusive second

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goal. Martin O'Neill will submit his final 23 man squad for the European

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Championships within the next hour or so; it looks as though David

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Myler, Darron Gibson and Stephen Quinn will be battling it out for

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two spots, after Harry Arter was ruled out of the competition with a

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thigh injury. The Northern Ireland football team

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have headed off to Austria for more training ahead

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of the European Championship finals. They will take on Poland

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in their opening game in Nice Their final friendly

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is against Slovakia That's the news and sport for now;

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finally on to the weather forecast, and with the details,

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here's Cecilia Daly. Good evening. It's been another

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stunning day. Tomorrow is the 1st of June, officially the start of

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summer, and it looks like the summary weather will continue. This

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is a selection of today's temperatures. Missed and low cloud

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has stubbornly clung on in places. It will flow southwards tonight as

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temperatures fall away, which may lead to a spot of fog first thing

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tomorrow. So if it is grey first thing tomorrow, give it some time

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because the warm sunshine will eventually break through, and it is

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more likely to be misty across the North and west. Summer skies will

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win out in most places. Across much of Scotland, the Republic of

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Ireland, this is where the best of the weather will be and the highest

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temperatures. In contrast of many parts of England particularly

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eastern counties of England, London and the Midlands it is chilly,

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cloudy, although the rain will become lighter compared to today. So

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we are looking at similar temperatures to -- tomorrow across

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Northern Ireland. A little bit cooler towards the north coast due

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to that breeze coming in off the sea. More fine weather to come on

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Thursday, perhaps temperatures sliding a little bit but still

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feeling warm in that sunshine. And it continues as we head towards the

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weekend; temperatures dropping a little bit. More cloud around this

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weekend, but still plenty of dry weather.

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